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Book Review: Not Good for Maidens

Fantasy book that's perfect for fans of "The Magicians" "Harry Potter" "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and the darker side of Disney

"They’ll lure you in with fruit and gems and liquor and dancing, merriment to remember for the rest of your life. But that’s an illusion. The market is death itself."

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Book Review: She is a Beast by Christina Rosso


The maidens in Rosso’s stories are pure fireballs, blazing a path towards freedom.  Each of these women has transformed into a beast to be reckoned with; beasts who refuse to be held down, to be kept captive, to be ransacked by the upholding of patriarchy.  Rosso’s women have taken back their agency and autonomy, reclaimed their sexual independence, and broken the moulds.


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